The Pokémon ecology within Ice Pillar Cave was unexpectedly diverse.
It was not just Ice-type Pokémon that lived here.
Pokémon with strong cold resistance, or those capable of freely entering and leaving this underground ice cave, could also be found here.
Moreover, with night drawing near, traces of some Ghost-type Pokémon could be seen as well.
—Just like now.
At some point, faint purplish flames had appeared in the icy tunnel before the three of them.
The flames drifted and shifted between the ice pillars as though alive, sometimes gathering into clusters and sometimes scattering like stars.
Their light was not scorching, nor did it give off any heat. Instead, it carried a chilling coldness, casting eerie purple halos across the surrounding Ice Walls.
There was no doubt that these were Will-O-Wisps, terrifying things capable of stopping a crying child in the middle of the night.
As the Will-O-Wisps danced, faint snickering and crying echoed through the ice cave.
The laughter was hollow and ethereal, as though it came from another dimension. It reflected back and forth between the ice pillars, forming hair-raising echoes.
Had ordinary timid girls been here, they would probably have already screamed in fright.
Yet the expressions of all three were almost identical—
Luo Mu, Hamada, and Pearly: (_)
Seeing that the three showed no reaction at all, the Will-O-Wisps gradually began taking on various distorted shapes—
At times they resembled vicious ghost faces, at times withered ghostly hands, and at times drifting apparitions.
These illusions cast warped reflections over the Ice Walls, as though countless indescribable things were writhing beneath the ice.
A sinister air spread through the tunnel, and the temperature seemed to drop several degrees further.
Yet the three continued staring expressionlessly at the Will-O-Wisps, as if saying—
That's all?
Perhaps their utter